These "guests", who included the likes of Alfred Hugenberg, still fully supported the regime of Adolf Hitler in any event.

In several camps the Nazi list was endorsed by a large majority of voters and The Guardian reported that that meant an amnesty was considered likely.

[3] The elections were held on the same day as a separate referendum on Hitler's decision to pull Germany out of the League of Nations, which passed with similar numbers.

The election liquidated what was left of Weimar democracy and reduced the Reichstag to a mere stage for Hitler's speeches.

In August 1934, Hindenburg died, and Hitler seized the president's powers for himself in accordance with a law passed the previous day, an action confirmed via a referendum later that month, removing the last obstacle that prevented Hitler from obtaining absolute power and establish a totalitarian state.